Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "independent film"

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Clash by Night [Escape by Night] ** (1964, Terence Longdon, Jennifer Jayne, Harry Fowler, Peter Sallis, Alan Wheatley, Vanda Godsell) – Classic Movie Review 11,221

A typical bunch of Sixties B-movie villains hijack a busload of mostly criminal passengers en route to jail to get their dangerous gang boss leader Bart Rennison (Tom Bowman) released, and the rest of the […]

May, 19

Hostile Intent *** (1997, Rob Lowe, Sofia Shinas, John Savage, Saul Rubinek, James Kidnie) – Classic Movie Review 11,192

‘His Government is Hunting Him Down.’… Director Jonathan Heap’s 1997 Canadian film Hostile Intent stars Rob Lowe as brilliant renegade hacker Mike Cleary, a computer programmer who finds that he is in mortal peril when […]

May, 11

Children Galore ** (1955, Eddie Byrne, Marjorie Rhodes, June Thorburn, Richard Leech, Betty Ann Davies) – Classic Movie Review 11,140

Director Terence Fisher’s cheery 1955 British black and white comedy Children Galore is a spirited comic effort that tells this tale of a titled couple, Lord and Lady Redscarf (Evan Thomas, Marjorie Hume), who offer […]

Apr, 27

Curse of Simba [Curse of the Voodoo] * (1965, Bryant Haliday, Dennis Price, Lisa Daniely) – Classic Movie Review 11,108

Director Lindsay Shonteff’s 1965 British-American black-and-white supernatural horror film Curse of Simba [Curse of the Voodoo] [Voodoo Blood Death] stars Bryant Haliday, Dennis Price, and Lisa Daniely, and is set in Africa but filmed in […]

Apr, 18

Dayton’s Devils ** (1968, Rory Calhoun, Leslie Nielsen, Lainie Kazan) – Classic Movie Review 11,055

‘7 MEN AND ONE WOMAN – their incredible plan – to steal a $2,500,000 military payroll!’ Director Jack Shea’s 1968 thriller Dayton’s Devils is written by Fred De Gorter, and stars Leslie Nielsen, Rory Calhoun […]

Mar, 29

Travelling North *** (1987, Leo McKern, Julia Blake, Graham Kennedy, Henri Szeps) – Classic Movie Review 11,001

Director Carl Schultz’s poignant and thoughtful 1987 comedy drama Travelling North stars Leo McKern, who returns to his native Australia to star as Frank, a curmudgeonly ex-communist who falls in love with elegant middle-aged divorcee […]

Mar, 08

Compo * (1989, Jeremy Stanford, Bruce Kerr, Christopher Barry, Elizabeth Crockett) – Classic Movie Review 10,985

Producer-director Nigel Buesst’s 1989 Australian low-budget independent film Compo is a well-meaning if rather dreary satirical comedy-drama from Down Under about office bureaucracy and romance. It is based on the play Claim No. Z84 by […]

Mar, 04

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